Anoushka Shankar
“Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of sitar virtuoso and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar, is today a prodigy unlike any other.” – Hello India
To read a list of Anoushka Shankar’s accomplishments is to read many life stories in one: masterful sitarist; film composer; impassioned activist; the youngest and first female recipient of a British House of Commons Shield; the first Indian musician to perform live or to serve as presenter at the Grammy Awards with nine nominations under her belt, and the first Indian woman to be nominated; one of the first five female composers to have been added onto the UK A-level music syllabus. Immersed from a young age on the world stage, with over a quarter-century’s performing behind her, she is a singular, genre-defying artist across realms – classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. Shankar, alongside her new quintet of musicians, will perform music from her two newly-released mini-albums and gems from previous releases.
